Police said charges are likely for a driver whose sport utility vehicle crashed into a home in West Bridgewater early Friday morning.

Police said charges are likely for a driver whose sport utility vehicle crashed into a home in West Bridgewater early Friday morning.

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Updated: 12:29 PM EST Feb 26, 2016

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WEBVTT LIVE AT THE MATFIELD STREET HOME. KELLEY, THE DRIVER WAS ACTUALLY TRAPPED UNDER HIS SUV. KELLEY: AND HE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. YOU CAN SEE THE HOUSE SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. THEY ARE WORKING ON REPAIRS NOW. THE WOMAN WHO LIVES INSIDE WAS SLEEPING. FORTUNATELY, SHE WAS NOT HURT. POLICE SAY A 25-YEAR-OLD WEST BRIDGEWATER MAN WAS DRIVING TOO FAST ON MATFIELD STREET WHEN HE SLAMMED INTO A HOUSE AROUND 6:30 THIS MORNING. LT. VICTOR FLAHERTY: WENT STRAIGHT ACROSS THE LAWN. WAS AIRBORNE WHEN HE HIT THE FRONT STEPS, MAKING THE VEHICLE AIRBORNE. HE WAS EJECTED THROUGH THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. THEN THE VEHICLE CAME DOWN ON TOP OF HIM. KELLEY: 73-YEAR-OLD MEREDITH ECKSTROM WAS ASLEEP IN A REAR FIRST FLOOR BEDROOM. HER SON HEARD THE CALL ON A POLICE SCANNER AND CAME RIGHT OVER. JOHN ECKSTROM: SHE WAS IN BED , AND SHE WAS SCARED TO DEATH. GOT A CAR THAT FLIES 30 FEET IN THE AIR AND INTO YOUR HOUSE I , IMAGINE IT MAKES QUITE A NOISE. KELLEY: THE FIRE DEPARTMENT USED THESE AIRBAGS TO LIFT THE SUV OFF THE DRIVER. STILL, IT TOOK MORE THAN 20 MINUTES TO FREE THE DRIVER AND GET HIM TO A MEDICAL TRANSPORT HELICOPTER. HE MAY FACE CHARGES. LT. VICTOR FLAHERTY: EVERYBODY IS IN A HURRY TO GO NOWHERE. WE HAVE HAD TWO HOUSES HIT IN TWO DAYS. PEOPLE ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO DOING ONE THING AT A TIME. KELLEY: AS YOU LOOK LIVE AT THE REPAIRS UNDERWAY TO THE HOME, THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE BRIGHAM

Charges expected after SUV slams into woman's house

Police said charges are likely for a driver whose sport utility vehicle crashed into a home in West Bridgewater early Friday morning.